Maruša Krese
Maruša Krese (13 April 1947 – 7 January 2013) was a Slovene poet, writer and journalist. Krese was born in Ljubljana in 1947. She studied literature and art history at the University of Ljubljana and psychodrama and Gestalt therapy in the United States in the early 1970s.
Maruša Krese
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- Name
- Maruša Krese
- Born
- 13 April 1947
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
- Died
- 7 January 2013
- Place of death
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Occupation
- Poet, writer, journalist
- Nationality
- Slovenia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- Fields
- poetry, creative and professional writing, journalism and psychotherapy.
- Education
- University of Ljubljana.
- Honours
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Graz resident writer.
- Languages
- Slovene and German.
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Maruša Krese (13 April 1947 – 7 January 2013) was a Slovene poet, writer and journalist. Krese was born in Ljubljana in 1947. She studied literature and art history at the University of Ljubljana and psychodrama and Gestalt therapy in the United States in the early 1970s.
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Biography
Biography
She worked as a group therapist in Ljubljana and Tübingen, and was a Slovene radio correspondent in Berlin in the early 1990s. From 1992 onward she worked as a freelance journalist and writer in Berlin. In 1997, Krese was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her humanitarian efforts in the Bosnian War. In 2008 she won the Fabula Award for best collection of short prose in Slovene published within the previous two years for her work Vsi moji božiči (All My Christmases).
Maruša Krese studied at University of Ljubljana. The recorded working language is Slovene and German. The field of work recorded is poetry, creative and professional writing and journalism. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Distinctions recorded are Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Graz resident writer.
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• Name — Maruša Krese • Born — 13 April 1947 • Birthplace — Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) • Died — 7 January 2013 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Occupation — Poet, writer, journalist • Notable Works — Vsi moji božiči, Vse moje vojne
Prose
Prose
• Vsi moji božiči (All My Christmases), short stories, 2006 • Vse moje vojne (All My Wars), short stories, 2009 • Da me je strah? (That I Am Afraid?), novel, 2012
Poetry
Poetry
• Danes (Today), 1989 • Postaje (Stations), 1992 • Sarajevo, ljubavi moja (Sarajevo, My Love), 1994 • Beseda (The Word), 1994 • Selbst das Testament ging verloren (Even the Will Was Lost), 2001 • Yorkshire Tasche (Yorkshire Bag), 2003 • Heute nicht (Not Today), 2009
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Maruša Krese is recorded as a citizen of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Recorded with the occupation psychotherapist.
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1947
Maruša Krese was born on 13 April 1947.
2013
Maruša Krese died on 7 January 2013.
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Recognition and collections. Krese received Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Graz resident writer.
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